► 成句
類 [(1)るい] [類を見ない] meaning: unique rank: 3
☆ 彼等は類を見ない成功を収めた ⇨ They have accomplished the incomparable, unprecedented, success
► 名詞
類 [(1)るい] [liter] meaning: kind rank: 4
☆ 類は友を呼ぶ ⇨ The same kind of people tend to become friends (☛ A common phrase. Often used negatively, as “seedy people get together”)
► 接尾辞
類 [(1)るい] [liter] meaning: kind rank: 2
☆ 人類 ⇨ Humankind
☆ 私は魚介類が好きだ ⇨ I like fish and shellfish kind, seafood
More examples:
- この書類には日付がない ⇨ This document has no date, is not dated
- 人類はホモサピエンスに分類される ⇨ Humans are categorized as homo sapiens
- 私は書類を彼に直に手渡しした ⇨ I hand-delivered the document to him in person
- 世界の全員が英語を使い、他の言葉が無くなってしまったら人類文化史上最大の悲劇だ ⇨ It will be the greatest tragedy of human cultural history if everybody in the world use English and all other languages are lost
- 彼は書類に目を走らせた ⇨ He ran his eyes over the document
- 彼は人類の将来を憂慮している ⇨ He is worried about the future of humankind
- もうすぐ人類に天然資源乱用のツケが回ってくる ⇨ The bills of the natural resource abuse will come to humans very soon. Humans will have to pay the price
- 書類の控えを取っておいた ⇨ I made a backup copy of the document
- 色盲には色々な種類がある ⇨ There are various types of color blindness
- 私は書類を何度も読み返した ⇨ I read the document over and over
- 鎚には色々な種類があって、用途に応じて使い分ける ⇨ There are many different kinds of hammers, and you use an appropriate one depending on the application
- 必要書類は全て送付した ⇨ I sent all the required documents
- 私は申請に必要な書類を全て揃えた ⇨ I put together all the documents required for the application
- 最近は書類のやり取りもインターネット上でしている ⇨ Nowadays we do documents exchange on internet too
- 書類鞄 ⇨ A brief case